Which versions of Visual Studio can be used to build applications using Spinnaker, FlyCapture, or Ladybug SDKs?

The following article provides customers with a list of Visual Studio Integrated Development Environments to build applications using the latest versions of the Spinnaker SDK, FlyCapture SDK, or Ladybug SDK.

Operating System Support

This table shows what versions of the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE can be used in a particular OS to build applications using the Spinnaker SDK, FlyCapture SDK, or Ladybug SDK.

  Windows XP 32-/64-bit Windows 7
32-/64-bit
Windows 10
32-/64-bit
Windows 10
64-bit only
Visual Studio 2005 SP1
Note: Except for Win XP 32-bit, tests used SP1 Vista Update
FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 --
Visual Studio 2008 FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 --
Visual Studio 2010 FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 1.x
FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x
FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x
--
Visual Studio 2012 FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 FlyCapture2 --
Visual Studio 2013 Spinnaker 1.x FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x
FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x
--
Visual Studio 2015 Spinnaker 1.x FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 1.x / 2.x
FlyCapture2
Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x
Ladybug
Visual Studio 2017 -- -- Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x Ladybug
Visual Studio 2019 -- -- Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x Ladybug
Visual Studio 2022 -- -- Spinnaker 2.x / 3.x Ladybug

Note: Executables built with Visual Studio 2008 or newer cannot be run on systems without a compatible Visual Studio Redistributable Package. 

See Distributing Spinnaker Applications

See Distributing FlyCapture Applications